12-year-old boy's hands amputated after they got infected due to punishment meted out to him by his teacher

A 12- year -old boy named Zubair Abubakar in Gombe State, Nigeria had his hands amputated after the punishment meted on him by his teacher for allegedly stealing a phone led to the cessation of bloodflow to his hands. Doctors said they had to amputate the boy’s two hands because they had become infected and gangrenous.

It was gathered that the boy allegedly stole a cellphone which made the head teacher of his school, one Malam Sirajo Mohammed, to tie his hands as a punishment. The boy later developed an infection that led to complications, resulting in the amputation of his two hands at the Federal Teaching Hospital , Gombe.